Ikko (make-up artist) explained

Ikko
Birth Date:20 January 1962
Birth Place:Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Birth Name:Kazuyuki Toyoda
Other Names:Touen Miyabi
Agent:GLAD
Height:171cm
Occupation:Make-up artist, TV personality
Nationality:Japanese

Ikko (born on 20 January 1962 in Fukuoka Prefecture), stylized as IKKO, is a Japanese make-up artist, TV personality, and actress. The name "Ikko" comes from an alternative reading of the Japanese name "一幸" (Ikkō).

Biography

Born on 20 January 1962, Ikko was born as the first-born son. Ikko experienced gender dysphoria and became socially withdrawn as a teenager. She graduated from a beauty college in Fukuoka Prefecture and trained as a make-up artist for eight years before opening the make-up studio "Atelier Ikko" in 1992. In 2007, she released the single "Dondake no Hōsoku" or “The Law of Dondake,” popularizing the term dondake.[1] [2] As a make-up artist, she promotes Korean beauty products.[3] She regularly appeared on the television program "Onē MANS."

Ikko is a trans woman. She speaks in onē kotoba.[4]

TV appearances

, Ikko regularly appears on the following TV programmes.

Film

Books

Ikko has published the following books.[5]

Music

In December 2007, Ikko released a CD single titled "Dondake no Hōsoku."[6] The single also included a cover of "Dō ni mo tomaranai," a 1972 hit song originally performed by Linda Yamamoto.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Copeland . Rebecca . Diva Nation: Female Icons from Japanese Cultural History . Miller . Laura . University of California Press . 2018 . 978-0-520-96997-1 . 133–150.
  2. Maree . Claire . May 2013 . Writing Onê : Deviant Orthography and Heternormativity in Contemporary Japanese Lifestyle Culture . Media International Australia . en . 147 . 1 . 98–110 . 10.1177/1329878X1314700111 . 147131061 . 1329-878X.
  3. News: Rahn . Kim . 1 March 2009 . Japanese Transgender Celeb Becomes Korea Tourism Amb. . The Korea Times . 29 June 2022.
  4. Book: Abe, Hideko . Queer Japanese: Gender and Sexual Identities through Linguistic Practices . Palgrave Macmillan New York . 2010 . 978-0-230-10616-1.
  5. http://ikko.cc/profile/index.html Ikko Profile
  6. http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/7545364/a/Dondake+No+Housoku.htm "Ikko Dondake No Housoku CD Single"
  7. http://www.japannewsreview.com/entertainment/music/20071012page_id=2396 "Dondake?! Transvestite TV-star IKKO releases single" (12 October 2007).